HP P3410A HP NetRAID Series User Guide - Page 138

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion NOTE It is important to initialize your logical drives. If the drives have been previously configured under an operating system, there can sometimes be residual partition/format information which subsequently causes misrepresentation of logical drives under the Windows 2000 Disk Management. For example, your array of four drives (of 4 GB each) might be configured as a single RAID 5 logical drive. This produces a logical drive of 12 GB of real storage capacity, with 4 GB used for parity. III. Disable Virtual Sizing Online capacity expansion of your logical drive requires that Virtual Sizing is disabled. This is the factory default setting. • If Virtual Sizing is Disabled (the factory default setting), no other preparation is necessary. • If Virtual Sizing is Enabled, disable Virtual Sizing in HP NetRAID Express Tools, as described below. To Disable Virtual Sizing NOTE Clearing a previous configuration does not reset the Virtual Sizing setting for a logical drive. Use the Reset to Factory Defaults option in HP NetRAID Express Tools to disable Virtual Sizing for all logical drives, or manually change the setting as described below. The factory default is that Virtual Sizing is disabled. If Virtual Sizing has been enabled, disable it as follows: 1. Restart the host HP NetServer, and watch for the message: Option: Experienced users may press for HP NetRAID Express Tools now. Firmware Initializing 2. When the message is displayed, press . When the system stops scanning, HP NetRAID Express Tools starts and displays the Tools Management menu. 3. If you have installed one or more HP NetRAID Series adapters, do the following to select the integrated HP NetRAID controller or HP NetRAID Series adapter controlling the logical drive you want to prepare for expansion: 132